SINING ZHU 

In this work, I want to explore consumerism and examine the state of self-awareness in a "Spectacle Society."


After investigation, I found that people are caught in an infinite cycle of consumption and following trends; they buy, hoard, discard, and buy again. In this cycle, the utility of consumer goods gradually becomes a spectacle. A de-violent, invisible social system influences our consumer behavior and sense of followership. I use clothes as a symbol to observe people's consumption behavior and to question: Are people's identity and consciousness slowly becoming uniform and assimilated due to the overall consumer market, social media, and trends, leading to aesthetic hegemony?

I chose a gel mask as the material. It is a cleansing mask used for a hot products. Throughout the work, I collected gel masks from different people, and each person's skin textures were recorded, even hair, skin flakes, etc. Then， I sewed them into "skin clothes." Trying to create an illusion of human molting.

在这件作品中，我想探讨消费主义和景观社会中人们自我意识的状态。


经过调查发现，人们在消费和追随潮流时陷入了一个无限的循环，他们购买，囤积，丢弃，再购买。在这个循环中，行为本身逐渐成为一种奇观。一个去暴力化的、无形的社会系统影响了我们的消费行为和从众意识。我以衣服为象征，去观察人们的消费行为并提出疑问：由于整个消费市场、社交媒体和潮流, 审美霸权的影响，人们的身份和意识是否正在慢慢变得统一和同化？个体身份是否逐渐在被剥夺？


我选择清洁凝胶面膜作为材料。它是一种清洁脸部的面膜，在消费市场作为清洁污渍，保持美丽的热销产品。在整个作品中，我收集了不同人使用后的面膜凝胶，每个人皮肤的纹理清晰的被印在上面，甚至还有毛发，皮屑等等。然后缝制成“皮肤衣服”。营造出人类蜕皮的假象。在这个雕塑的表面，不同的皮肤纹理交融着自我与他人的身份证据，也反思在集体无意识中不断存在的缺失。